Josh Mancuso - I support Blackbelt registration. Anyone from a legit lineage should not have any problems.

I have been registered since brown and it's been easy, and only costs $35 a year.

That's your membership card. BB registration is separate. I've got my membership card, but am not registered as a BB with the IBJJF.

But for me the problems start to arise if you're a BB who falls out with your teacher. Then you have no-one to sign off your stripes, as the form can only be signed by the BB who awarded your black belt. That's where you get can get into difficulties, because effectively you're tied to that BB. IMO any BB of the required grade should be able to sign off your forms, not just the one who promoted you. I mean, what if they died? What then?

Pyramid scheme. The affiliation heads pay up to the IBJJF, about 400 a school for each that they control. The schools pay 2,000 a year to belong to the affiliations. The students then pay those specific schools, for their membership instead of the competitors, so they can hold rank at brown and black and contest the world championships. By letting you in at white through purple, you get independent schools roped into this system, then your instructor is decapitated every six years.

Jordan Tabor - Pyramid scheme. The affiliation heads pay up to the IBJJF, about 400 a school for each that they control. The schools pay 2,000 a year to belong to the affiliations. The students then pay those specific schools, for their membership instead of the competitors, so they can hold rank at brown and black and contest the world championships. By letting you in at white through purple, you get independent schools roped into this system, then your instructor is decapitated every six years.

My school is registered with the IBJJF. It costs me $50 not $400.

My name is on the drop down box when selecting a professor for my school.

I'm certified with the IBJJF which cost $400. This allows me to receive my stripes from the Federation and stay 'independent'. If I just wanted to compete then it would be only $35 per year. The $400 allows me to remain independent. I train with who I want, host seminars with who I want, and I don't put up with the cost and B.S. of affiliation. My team is on a drop down menu so all my students can compete under my gym's name. Easy peasy.

It's real simple. As a black belt, if all you want to do is compete, pay $35 for your membership card. If you want the certificate and your name on the list of registered BBs, then it's $400, plus a ref's course (which if you're that interested in the IBJJF, you'd probably do anyway). Stripes? Same again, $400 and it's done. Can't get your old instructor to sign your forms? Keep a copy of the old ones, scan in his signature and 30 secs of Photoshop time later, job done. You only have to play the affiliate game if it suits you. The original instructor thing is bullshit, but it's not insurmountable.

Really, all of it is not a big deal. Could it be easier? Yeah, of course. But it can all be handled.

I'm certified with the IBJJF which cost $400. This allows me to receive my stripes from the Federation and stay 'independent'. If I just wanted to compete then it would be only $35 per year. The $400 allows me to remain independent. I train with who I want, host seminars with who I want, and I don't put up with the cost and B.S. of affiliation. My team is on a drop down menu so all my students can compete under my gym's name. Easy peasy.

Do you pay the $400 for each stripe? They don't require signatures for the stripes/degrees? Do you just put the tape on yourself?

I'm certified with the IBJJF which cost $400. This allows me to receive my stripes from the Federation and stay 'independent'. If I just wanted to compete then it would be only $35 per year. The $400 allows me to remain independent. I train with who I want, host seminars with who I want, and I don't put up with the cost and B.S. of affiliation. My team is on a drop down menu so all my students can compete under my gym's name. Easy peasy.

Do you pay the $400 for each stripe? They don't require signatures for the stripes/degrees? Do you just put the tape on yourself?

Serious questions. Hope it doesn't sound like trolling.

I paid $400 the first time to get certified. I had to have my form signed by a IBJJF certified 2-stripe black belt, a referee course and a CPR certificate. Then all I had to do was pay my $35 annual membership fee.

When I applied for my first stripe (3 years after receiving the black belt), I paid $150 and updated my referee course and CPR. They sent me new certificates indicating I was now a first degree black belt. I did not require a signature that time because I was already certified with them.

I did put the tape on myself, which was the weirdest part of the whole procedure...lol.

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